Rastsislau Stefanovich

designer, architect, sentenced to 8 years in prison

Prisoner

Date of birth: 12 May 1988

Date of detention: 29 September 2020

Charges indicted:

  • Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code — Participation in riots
  • Art. 218 of the Criminal Code — Intentional destruction or damage to property committed in a generally dangerous manner or causing damage on a large scale

Sentence: 8 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a medium-security penal colony

Judge: Dzmitryi Astapenka

Prosecutor: Aliaksandr Ramanovich

Prison: Penal colony No. 17

Cases: "Chat case"

Groups: Activists, Athletes, Cultural workers

Rastsislau Stefanovich

Rastsislau Stefanovich, a member of the expanded Coordination Council, was detained and beaten by riot police on September 28, 2020.

He was then charged under Art. 293 of the Criminal Code and remanded in custody.

Rastsislau is a designer and architect. He is also a defensive end with the Zubrs football club.

On July 19, 2021, Judge Dzmitry Astapenka sentenced Stefanovich to eight years in a medium-security penal colony.

Mail address: Penal colony No. 17. 213004, Škloŭ, vulica 1-ja Zavodskaja 8

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